PPP protests as Shah barred from joining farmers rally on September 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party on Wednesday protested in the National Assembly after Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah was barred from taking part in the formers protest in Lahore. “Dictator could not stop us from attending protest rallies then how others would stop us,” said Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani on a point of order. He blamed that […]
Revocation of water treaty may risk war on September 28, 2016ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that provocative statements and actions of Indian leadership on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) were violation of international laws and breach of the treaty. To a call attention notice, Aziz said revocation of the treaty by India “can […]
National Assembly passes Hindu Marriage Bill, 2016 on September 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a bill for regulating and termination of marriages among Hindu families. The bill was tabled by Minister for Human Rights Kamran Michael. The said bill is applied to irretrievable breakdown of marriages among Hindus. It is also applicable to all citizens of Pakistan, who are Hindu by […]
MPs demand proper structure, promotion policy for nurses on September 24, 2016ISLAMABAD: Legislative body of the Lower House of Parliament on Friday recommended that a proper service structure and promotion policy must be devised for the nursing staff. Nursing was an important profession and they should be facilitated so that they could perform their duties honestly. The committee held its meeting today in parliament house while […]
Legislators flay over not implementing committee decisions on September 23, 2016ISLAMABAD: Legislative body of Upper House of parliament on Thursday expressed serious concerns over non-payment of salaries to teaching staff to worker welfare fund schools for last few months in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and some members staged walked. The committee was of the view that majority of these teaching and non-teaching staff belong to poor section […]
Panamagate: tempers flare at PAC meeting on September 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: All hell broke loose during the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meeting on Tuesday, where lawmakers from the treasury and opposition benches launched verbal attacks on each other over the Panama Papers disclosures and some members walked out of the session in retaliation. PAC Chairman Khurshid Shah had called the committee’s meeting over the Panama […]
Preventing a woman from voting to be considered corrupt practice on September 20, 2016ISLAMABAD: Legislative body of the Upper House of Parliament on Monday approved an amendment in Representation of People Act according to which preventing women from casting a vote would be considered a corrupt practice. The committee directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to prepare the draft law within a week and present it in the […]
Angry Tareen comes down hard on PML-N over references against him on September 10, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Jehangir Tareen on Friday claimed that he was being victimised because his business interests clashed with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and as he staged a walk out from the assembly. He also claimed that the references filed against him wee totally unfair and not based on facts. About ten references […]
Imran hints at change in Raiwind march plan on September 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: Following his address in the National Assembly on Thursday, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said the date and location of Raiwind sit-in could be changed if opposition parties wanted so. Reports say Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid have opposed PTI’s plan to stage a sit-in outside the prime minister’s Raiwind […]
Pakistan seeks world role to stop Bangladesh executions on September 8, 2016ISLAMABAD: Pakistani parliamentarians on Wednesday demanded that the international community play its role in stopping human rights violations by the Bangladeshi government regarding the hanging of senior JI leaders over showing sympathy for Pakistan during the 1971 war in the wake of several executions for alleged crimes committed during the country’s independence war. The National […]